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Kaspersky CEO Talks About Security in Gaming

Eugene Kaspersky, Chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Labs talks on his personal blog about the need of security in the gaming industry.The Gamescom Expo, that took place on 17-21 August at Cologne, was a great opportunity for Kaspersky Labs to make their point in regards of what needs to be done to protect the online worl...

5 September 2011
07:44 GMT

Two Arrested in Japan for Using Malware to Steal Lineage Accounts

Two people were arrested in Japan this week for allegedly infecting Lineage II players with a trojan designed to steal their online gaming login credentials.The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reports that Yu Nishimura, 29, a Kawasaki employee, and Kaori Tanaka, 39, a medical claims processor of Adachi Ward, Tokyo, were ar...

27 November 2010
07:28 GMT

OnLive Game Streaming Service Eliminates Membership Fees

OnLive, the cloud based, on demand video game service, has announced that it is renouncing membership fees for all users, making it cheaper to stream titles and potentially expanding the number of gamers who are interested in signing up.The official OnLive blog has a message from Steve Perlman, the founder, saying &l...

6 October 2010
02:50 GMT

All-Points Bulletin Only Has 130,000 Registered Users

Realtime Worlds has revealed some interesting statistics about its struggling massively multiplayer online third person shooter All-Points Bulletin. The company is currently under administration following poor financial results and project management. Apparently, All-Points Bulletin has around 130,000 registered...

25 August 2010
05:10 GMT

Facebook Phishing on the Rise

Security researchers from German antivirus vendor Avira warn that the number of phishing attacks targeting Facebook users has increased by almost 64% in July, pushing the website in second place on the list of most phished brands.According to statistics compiled by Avira, even though phishing activity targeting PayPa...

20 August 2010
06:16 GMT

StarCraft II Multiplayer: A Newcomer's Experience (Part II)

My previous column explained how I was a total newcomer at StarCraft in multiplayer and how I wanted to see if Chris Sigaty was right that anyone can win at StarCraft. I won my first two games in the practice league, but then I lost another four. Don't laugh, as they were my best teacher and some of my best expe...

2 August 2010
11:11 GMT

A Third of the Time Spent Online is on Facebook and Farmville

If you wanted confirmation that Farmville is becoming the world’s favorite pastime, Nielsen has got the numbers to back it up. The analytics and ratings company has issued a report descriptively titled “What Americans Do Online” which shows that social networking and social gaming are becoming more ...

2 August 2010
09:30 GMT

ASP and ASP.NET Websites Targeted in Mass SQL Injection Attack

A known gang of hackers active on the Asian underground online gaming market is behind a new mass SQL injection attack that has infected thousands of pages. Attackers are targeting ASP and ASP.NET websites and exploit two critical Internet Explorer vulnerabilities to infect their visitors with a gaming trojan.Accordi...

3 July 2010
04:29 GMT

Symantec Stumbles Upon 44 Million Stolen Gaming Credentials

Symantec security researchers have located a server hosting a database of 44 million stolen online gaming logins. The credentials were lifted from infected computers with the help of an information-stealing trojan and were most likely being sold on the underground market. The massive cache was discovered after analy...

28 May 2010
10:55 GMT

The First Internet Addiction Treatment Center Opens in the US

It was bound to happen eventually, Internet “addiction centers” are making their way to the US after several similar initiatives in Japan, South Korea and, of course, China. The reStart Internet Addiction Recovery Program recently launched in the US with a 5-acre facility in Fall City, Washington, intere...

20 August 2009
12:07 GMT

New Races Seemingly Confirmed for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm Expansion

World of Warcraft is the biggest online game out there, boasting over 11,5 million paying subscribers monthly, who can't wait to find out new information about their beloved title and what Blizzard, the company behind it, has planned for its future. As you all know, a few months ago, the company trademarked the...

11 August 2009
16:41 GMT

Xbox Live Friend Limit Will Be Raised in the Future

Online services are some of the most important pieces of software for any console in this generation of platforms. From Xbox Live to the PlayStation Network or WiiWare, every such service is vital for gamers to stay in touch with their friends and family and entertain themselves. But even though Xbox Live is the mos...

11 August 2009
03:16 GMT

Valve Begins Team Fortress 2 Beta Testing for Competitive Matches

Valve is one of the biggest companies involved in gaming, particularly in the segment dedicated to the PC platform. Seeing as how its games were the basis for many multiplayer titles, like Counter Strike, the competitive side of gaming also preoccupied the game developer. One of its most successful titles and the on...

5 August 2009
11:01 GMT

Fat Princess Devs Say Fixes Are Coming for Online Problems

One of the most interesting arcade titles to appear these days was Titan Studios' Fat Princess. Set to deliver a fun, multiplayer-only experience, the game was released last week as a digital download exclusively on the PlayStation 3's online store. But, sadly, the title wasn't quite ready to face its...

4 August 2009
11:01 GMT

Wii Owners Don't Think About Downloading Games, Says Team17 Boss

While online services can make or break a console these days, only Microsoft and Sony have really taken on each other in an arms race and are trying to implement every new feature into their Xbox Live and PlayStation Network services. Nintendo has, for the most part, been content with releasing WiiWare and steadily r...

3 August 2009
02:24 GMT

Xbox Live Update Brings More Glitches and Problems

Online services are very important to console gamers around the world as they hold the key to multiplayer matches and, most importantly, the place where they can download demos, items and get exclusive content. Xbox Live is certainly one of the more popular ones, boasting over 20 million users worldwide. As you may ...

18 June 2009
03:20 GMT

Sony's Home Gets SOCOM and Ghostbusters Spaces

Online services are some of the most important features for any video game console out there, as people want to go online and interact with friends in order to play video games or just discuss ordinary things. While there are certainly a lot of services out there, Sony's PlayStation Home is definitely one of th...

18 June 2009
02:44 GMT

What Children and Young Adults Want

A study performed by Nielsen Online indicates the preferences of British children and young adults when it comes to online navigation. Children under 12 have a strong affinity for "kids, games and toys" websites - with cartoons or simple games, which are especially designed to meet the entertainment needs of the youn...

16 August 2008
05:32 GMT

Yahoo Gets New Partner for Ad-Supported Online Games

Whenever they're not busy rejecting purchase offers from Microsoft, the people at Yahoo work on delivering more titles to their online service. The best thing about their decision to bring even more fun releases for us to enjoy is the fact that they're planning to keep the games 100% free. This means that a...

14 July 2008
03:22 GMT

Power Challenge Adopts Hansoft

Sweden based Power Challenge have announced that they will start using the Hanson production management solution, with the purpose of developing and improving the online game even further. Power Challenge was founded in 2004 and is now associated with two big online soccer games, Managerzone and Powerchallenge. "Powe...

29 November 2007
05:51 GMT

Online Game Frauds and How to Dodge 'Em

Online gaming has become very popular as of late, especially MMORPGs (massive multiplayer online role playing game) and to be honest, I think that this just might be the future of gaming, as it is way more fun to battle human intelligence than AI. In any case, whenever something is popular it gets the attention of ha...

12 September 2007
03:39 GMT


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